News: Alberta Land Institute

June 27, 2024

Examining The Urban Agriculture Debate

Recently, there has been an influx of articles criticizing the environmental impacts of urban agriculture. The articles are based on a study from the University of Michigan that looks at the carbon footprint of urban agriculture. The widespread coverage, and to some degree, misrepresentation of the study by the media has triggered backlash from scientists and urban farmers alike. Like any climate…

June 19, 2024

New Podcast Episode: How Urban Farms Benefit Communities with Kevin Jones

Urban farms have a number of environmental benefits and have often been discussed as solutions to food security issues, but there is another, less discussed benefit: community building! FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT THESE RESOURCES: Exploring potential nature-based solutions in the Alberta context Urban agriculture in the making or gardening as epistemology Prairie Urban Farm Thank you, Kevin Jones,…

June 10, 2024

Funding Winners 2023/2024

The Alberta Land Institute's 2023/2024 Call for Proposals received many fantastic applications, 5 of which were selected for funding. Learn more about the funding winners and their projects below. Sven Anders Bio: Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology Sven is an agricultural economist with research and teaching interests in the…

June 7, 2024

How do we change landowner perspectives on wind energy?

The transition to renewable energy in Alberta is facing many hurdles. Within Canada, Alberta has the highest greenhouse gas emissions and is lagging behind the rest of the country with a net-zero grid goal of 2050, 15 years later than the rest of the country. The delayed goal and renewable development hurdles are due to government actions, but the adaptation of renewable energy also depends on the…

May 28, 2024

ALI at Future Energy Systems Science Rendezvous

On May 11, the Alberta Land Institute had the pleasure of participating in Future Energy Systems Science Rendezvous at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton. The event saw 1750 guests throughout the day! The ALI team created a couple different activities to teach attendees about the benefits of Urban Trees. For the first activity, kids were invited to build their vision of a sustainable city using…